If you are like me, every year when you are out-and-about you pay attention to how the crops look. These types of “windshield tours” can never tell you everything about how crops are going to turn out, but they can give you a bit of an indication of likely success for a crop year from one area to the next.
Fortunately, there are also some relatively scientific crop tours that occur every summer – one of which is the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. This year’s Pro Farmer tour just concluded late last week, and the findings were clear – Iowa and Nebraska have the potential to harvest huge corn crops, and areas east of the Mississippi River are likely to be steady to slightly lower than the 2008 crop. The still-present danger for the entire Midwest is an early frost or freeze, which would be devastating to yields in many crop producing areas because of the late planting dates and slow development all summer long as a result of cooler than normal conditions. To hear a report of the crop tour for yourself, click here.
What do you think – did Pro Farmer get it right in reporting their findings for crop potential? Send me an e-mail at doug@loranda.com to let me know how crops in your area will fare.
Source: www.agweb.com
